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Jan Peregrine

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Adopted at seventeen days, grew up in rural Nebraska, got a Masters of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University-Chicago, worked as a nanny and missionary, wrote book and movie reviews for 14 years for epinions.com, wrote books, suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury along the way...

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Nat'l Book Award Winner Stamped From The Beginning~

By 1968 both Democrats and Republicans had popularized the call for “law and order.” It became a motto for defending the Planet of the Whites. “Law and order“ rhetoric was used as a defense for police brutality...

The above passage from Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi tells us two impo Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.88 · 8 ratings · 5 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Dr. Freudine Is In: The Story Begins (#1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden At Play: A Grown-Up Fable it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden in Purrgatory 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoir of a Writing Porn Star it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eden Forever by Jan Peregrine (Goodreads Author), Patrick Helwig (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Out Of The Desert: Inspirational Poetry And Humanistic Retrospective 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Myself: The Evolution of a Humanist 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Out Of The Desert: Finding Myself 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Freudine Is in: The Drama Deepens (Eden Trilogy #2) by Jan Peregrine (Goodreads Author), Patrick Helwig (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Freudine Is In: The Tale's Tail (Eden Trilogy #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nature and the Mind~~~~ Marc Berman, PhD, founded the exciting field of environmental neuroscience about a decade ago and much study among him and his colleagues has confirmed that we really improve our lives when we pause to interact with nature ever ...more
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Malala, being 17 at the time, is our youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and has written an exemplary memoir a decade later called Finding My Way. Because of her being shot on the side of her head by the Taliban as a fifteen-year-old growing ...more
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Good Energy~~~ I looked so forward to reading 2024's Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health by Casey Means and Calley Means. It's not that I've ever had a weight problem, but I love to learn about nutrition. Unf ...more
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We Dream A World~~~~ Yolanda Renee King wrote an inspiring call to action for her generation, calling it We Dream A World: Carrying the Light of my Grandparents, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. At just 15 she didn;'t meet her grandfath ...more
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House Rules~~~~ This is a difficult novel to review because I really wish I could tell you the ending! Jodie Picoult prepared very well for writing her book House Rules. With the story developed around a young man with Asperger's Syndrome, Picoult met ...more
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Love, Mom~~~~ I saw Iliana Xander's 2025 audiobook of Love, Mom being promoted on my public library's free app and it looked like it might be fun. I'd never heard of Xander and I'm guessing it's her first novel and she's pretty young. Listening to it ...more
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